The Impact of Sayyid Qutb's exegetic Principles on his Contemporary exegetic Approach

The exegesis of the Qur'an in the contemporary era has led to profound changes, the obvious results of which include rethinking the process of exegesis of the Qur'an. The necessity of this rethinking between the commentators in the last one hundred years and its application in the field of exejetic studies has determined the stream of social exegesis of the Qur'an. Sayyid Qutb is one of the commentators who, in his time, distanced himself from the past exegetic tradition by writing Tafsir fi Zalal al-Qur'an, and revived the social capacity of exegesis with the slogan of returning to the Qur'an. He believes that by explaining the current Quranic and modernist teachings that are the product of socio-cultural developments, the individual social needs of the Islamic society can be answered. Examining the characteristics of this commentator's modern exegesis, he came to the conclusion that his approach can be traced in the light of his special interpretive principles; focusing on principles such as "the basis of returning to the Qur'an," or "the duality of Islam and ignorance" and "the Qur'an as a book for life" in Sayyid Qutb's commentary has highlighted his contemporary view. These principles have also led to his interpretive approach becoming a special social approach. The present article examines and analyzes these characteristics by mentioning exegeetic examples.